Bearing for rifles



July 1 1924. 1,499,460 H. A. KENNEDY BEARING FOR RIFLES Filed sept. '2, 1992 Patented July l, 1924.

UNITED STATES HUGH A. KENNEDY, 0F NEWPORT, WASHINGTON.

BEARING FOR RIFLES.

Application filed September 7, 1922. Serial No. 586,685.

To aJZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, HUGH A. KENNEDY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newport, in the county of Pend Oreille and State of lVashington, have invented certain new and useful Impro-vements in a Bearing for Rifles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a bearing for rifle cleaning rod, and has for its principal object, the production of a bearing which when associated with the cleaning rod will prevent the wear on the barrel of the gun being cleaned.

Another object of the invention is to provide a bearing of the above mentioned character, which can be easily inserted and removed from the barrel of the gun being cleaned which is adapted to receive a cleaning rod.

Another object of the invention is to provide a bearing of the above mentioned character, which is inexpensive to manufacture, simple in construction, strong and durable.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will become apparent during the f course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of the description, and in which like numerals designate like parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section of the invention showing the bearing as ap-` plied within the barrel of the gun and the cleaning rod passing through the bearing,

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and

Figure 3 is` a perspective view of the bearmfr.

In the drawing, wherein for the purpose of illus-tration is shown the preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 1 designates a barrel of any well known type of riie. or gun. Adapted to be inserted in the forward end of the barrel 1 of an ordinary rifle is a bearing 3. This bearing 3 consists of an elongated sleeve 4, which is adapted to extend into the barrel of the gun a substantial distance as shown in Fig. 1 in the drawings, for a purpose hereinafter to be fully described. The' exterior face of the opposite end of the sleeve is tapered as at 5 and has a flange 6 provided at its outer end. The bearing 3 is pro-vided with a smooth longitudinally extending bore 7 for the purpose of receiving a cleaning rod 8.

In use, the bearing 3 is placed in the barrel of the gun so that the elongated'portion 4 of t-he bearing extends within the barrel a substantial distance. This may be accomplished by hitting on the flange portion 6 formed on the outer end of the bearing. The bearing 3 by having its exterior face tapered presents an enlarged outer end for centering the inner end of t-he sleeve within the barrel and further aids in holding the bearing 3 within the barrel of the gun. After the bearing 3 has been inserted in the barrel of the rifle o-r gun, a cleaning rod 8 is then passed through the longitudinally extending bore 7 of the bearing and it will thus be seen that a free reciprocating motion of the cleaning rod may be easily had. Of course, any suitable material may be placed on the end of the cleaning rod to further aid in the cleaning of the barrel of the gun, and it is not thought that it is necessary to show this feature in the present invention.

Ordinarily when .a barrel of a gun or rifle is to be cleaned, the person takes the cleaning rod and merely inserts the same within the barrel of the rifle and rotates and reciprocates the same in order to clean the barrel, and in so doing causes the barrel of the gun to be worn by the cleaning rod rubbing against the face of the barrel during the cleaning operation. By providing a bearing of the above mentioned character it will be seen that the wearing out of the barrel of the gun or rifle is done away with and the barrel may be more readily and easily cleaned.

The bearing used in the present invention may be made of any suitable material preferably brass, but I do not wish to confine myself to any particular material.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as the preferred example of the same, and various changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts may be' resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention and the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is As a new article of manufacture, a device for facilitating the cleaning of gun barrels comprising a frusto-conical-shaped centering member for engaging the bore of the gun barrel, an elongated cylindrical bearing kouter surfaces and a smooth longitudinally sleeve of the same diameter throughout its tating the placing of the device in a gun 1| length formed onl the tapered end of the barrel.

centering member, the centering member and In testimony whereof I aiX my signa the elongated bearing sleeve having plain ture in presence of two Witnesses.

T extending axially disposed gun cleaning rod HUGH A' KENNEDX receiving bore, and an annular flange Witnesses: formed on the enlarged end of the center- WV. F. MILLARD, ing member for forming an anvil for facili- WV. YV. LADWIG. 

